Raid on Port Moresby and New Guinea Air Fields
Allied reports describe Japanese land advances toward air fields in southern New Guinea and plans to strike at Australia. Bombers claim 23 Japanese ships sunk or damaged and raids on Koepang. British, American air forces target Japanese positions in Burma and the Burmese theater as Germany and Japan potentially discuss greater cooperation.
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Salamua-Lae
New Guinea
Associated Press
Australia
United Nations
Solomon Islands
Port Moresby
Markham Valley
Lae
Berlin
Lower New Guinea
Koepang
Timor
Java
Burma
Brazil Holds Nazi Agent Roundup Intensifies In Brazil
Brazilian authorities announced the arrest of Otto Brautzek identified as a German army officer and chief of the nazi society of German guerrillas abroad. He was seized in Paraiba along Brazil’s eastern coast, with additional arrests in Rio Grande do Sul as part of a wider crackdown on fifth columnists. Japanese nationals in Sao Paulo were also linked to the readiness for orders from Tokyo.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Otto Brautzek
Brazil
Brautzek
Paraliyba
Rio Grande Do Sul
Sao Paulo
Tokyo
Bike Licenses Hit Historic High in Twin Falls
City Clerk W. H. Eldridge announced that in the past seven months Twin Falls sold 901 bicycle licenses, a record. He expects faster sales as only about 100 licenses remain for the next five months and plans to order more. Many adults have abandoned cars for Sunday rides.
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W. H. Eldridge
Planes Guard Central America Links to Panama Canal
United States bombing planes patrol from a base in Guatemala City area defending Central America and the Panama Canal. General Frank M Andrews visits with US air force officers and reporters as crews study axis warship appearances and carrier aircraft. Guatemala air corps planes operate from the same field.
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Guatemala City
United States
Central America
Panama Canal
Aatemala
Pacific
Caribbean
Central American
Pearl Harbor
Frank M.andrews
Caribbean Defense Command
United States Air Force
Tourney Play Continues In Idaho State Basketball Tourney
The program shows games opening at 8 P M with Midway versus Priest River and at 9 15 Boise versus Pocatello. Friday times are 2 30 3 45 8 and 9 15 with losers from Thursday facing Friday in same pattern. Saturday consolation and state finals start at 8 30 and 9 45 in the high school gym.
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Midway
Priest River
Boise and
Pocatello
Utah Liquor Control Revs Up February Sales Profit
The Utah Liquor Control Commission reported a February net profit of 113,343 on liquor sales totaling 422,958.
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Salt Lake City
Utah Liquor Control Commission
Born to Mr and Mrs Donald Cook at General Hospital
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Donald Cook of RFD 1 on Wednesday at General hospital. The birth adds a new member to the Cook family and the community records.
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Cooks
Donald Cook
RFD
The
General Hospital
First Security Bank Reopens After Ida ho Fire
Hailey Idaho bank suffers early day fire gutting its regular building but continues operations in an emergency location. Manager Harry Neal says cash on hand and vault records were not seriously damaged though furnishings were destroyed. Fire suspected to begin in a defective oil furnace.
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Hailey
First Security Bank of Idaho
Harry Neal
American in Charge of Chinese Army
Lieutenant General Joseph W. Stilwell was placed in command of the fifth and sixth Chinese armies operating with British forces in Burma against Japan. The appointment marks the first time an American army officer leads a major body of Chinese troops. Stilwell, 59, from Palatka Florida, has a World War I Distinguished Service Medal and a long prior record in China as language student and military attaché.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Joseph W. Stilwell
United States
Burma
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Stilwell
Chiang
Stillwell
Palatka
Fla
Military Academy
France
St. Miguel
5Th Infantry
Peiping
Trepca Yugoslav freighter torpedoed off Atlantic coast
The 5409 ton Yugoslav freighter Trepca was torpedoed and sunk off the Atlantic coast on March 13. 33 survivors were landed at Lewes. Four crew members are missing, six injured, and survivors drifted three days before rescue by a Swedish freighter southeast of the Delaware Capes. Complete ship identity was released contrary to policy.
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Lewes
Mel Fi
Atlantic
Fourth Naval District
Delaware Capes
Ickes Advances Gasoline Coupon Rationing Plan
Petroleum coordinator Ickes announced a rigid gasoline card rationing system for the east and Pacific northwest to begin within six weeks. The plan would replace the current 20 percent delivery cuts and aims to speed relief amid sinking and war diversions. About 100000 filling stations operate under a 12 hour day six day week as prices are frozen by the Office of Price Administration.
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Washington
Ickes
East
Pacific Northwest
N.e
Office of Price Administration
Hitler recalls generals ending lone-wolf command
Hitler drops three months of personal control and calls back generals including Walther von Brauchitsch to plan a German spring offensive. The move follows Moscow setback and ongoing Russian assaults in Crimea and Donets, with Kharkov defense under pressure.
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Hitler
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Basel
Switzerland
National Zeitung
Walther von Brauchitsch
Moscow
Thefuehrer
Russia
Kerch
Crimea
Donets River
Ukraine
Kharkov
Experts Propose Longer Deer Slaughter Season on Payette River
Boise game and forest experts urged a longer hunting season on the south fork of the Payette River to reduce the deer population by at least 3,500. A census by district conservation officers counted 12,226 deer, about 1,200 more than last year, with slight winter losses and few predators on lower ranges. No conflict with domestic stock was reported.
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Boise
Payette River
Auto Kills Eight Year Old Crossing To School
Eight year old Robert Emil Ballard was struck and killed by a car in Salt Lake City while crossing toward his school. Don E. Stanfield 24 was identified as the driver. The boy darted in front of a bus that had stopped at the corner in front of the Stanfield vehicle. Passenger Ray D. Sorenson said he shouted to the boy but he did not hear. The impact hurled the boy 123 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Robert Emil Ballard
Don E. Stanfield
Stanfield
Ray D. Sorenson
Horse Cars Reappear in Miami Streets After 20 Years
Sign of the times as horse drawn cars return to Miami streets after a 20 year absence. The sighting marks a rare revival of a bygone transit era in the city.
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Miami
Fla
Thirty Four Crewmen Rescued From Norwegian Tanker Sink
AP dispatch from Miami reports 34 crew members of a sunken Norwegian tanker arrived from Nassau and left for New York. They say a submarine fired two torpedoes, causing a death toll of two as the vessel was shelled. The rest escaped unharmed.
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Miami, Fia
Nassau
Bahamas
New York
Bombers Raid Timor Air Port Damages Runways
The war department reports American heavy bombers attacked the Japanese held Koepang air field on Timor island in the Netherlands Indies. Hits were scored on runways and various installations were damaged in the raid.
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Washington
Koepang
Netherlands Indies
Timor
War Department
Two Women See Murder Charges Dismissed in Stillborn Infant Case
Salt Lake City AP reports first degree murder charges against Susie Patsy O'Neil and her mother Blanch Barkalow were dismissed after a doctor's testimony that the infant they were accused of killing was stillborn. Deputy county attorney Walter M. Critchlow filed the motion.
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Salt Lake City
Susie Patsy O'Neil
Blanch Barkalow
Walter M. Critchlow
Roosevelt sets April 27 for 45 to 64 draft registration
President Roosevelt announced April 27 will be the registration date for men aged 45 to 64 inclusive. It marks the fourth wartime registration and the second since the war reached the United States.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Wainwright Promoted to Lieutenant General by Senate
The Senate swiftly confirmed President Roosevelt's nomination of Major General Jonathan M. Wainwright as lieutenant general. The action came minutes after the nomination, noting Wainwright would succeed General MacArthur as commander on the Bataan peninsula in the Philippines.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Wainwright
MacArthur
Bataan Peninsula
Philippines
Navy commandant joins MacArthur in Melbourne arrival
Rear Admiral Francis W. Rockwell, chief of naval forces in the Philippine islands, arrived in Australia with General Douglas MacArthur and was now in Melbourne, following a voyage announced today.
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Washington
Navy
Francis W. Rockwell
Philippine Islands
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Melbourne
Births at St. Anthony's Hospital
Recent births include a son for Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bowman of 522 North Ninth and a son for Mr. and Mrs. Alva Egan of Arimo and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. George Harris of 1422 East Wayne.
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St. Anthony’s Hospital
Donald Bowman
North Ninth
Alva Egan
Arimo
George
Rosy) Harris
East Wayne
British Move Back on Defense Line Near Prome
British imperial forces reportedly withdrew from Tharrawaddy and fell back toward Prome as Japanese troops mass for an assault along the Irrawaddy valley. Japanese forces advance by river, road, and cross-country toward Toungoo and Kan- in Burma's ongoing campaign around Yenangguang oil fields.
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Far Pacific
Mandalay
Prome
Burma
Irrawaddy River
Prome River
Yenangguang
Therrawaddy
Reuters
Tharrawaddy
Rangoon
Irrawaddy
Mandalay Road
Toungoo
Kan
Australian minister Casey named to British war cabinet post
Britain selects Richard Casey Australia’s first minister to Washington as minister of state to represent the dominions in the home government. He will coordinate Middle East war efforts from London Cairo after Washington duties. Casey succeeds Oliver Lyttelton at Cairo and signals dominion influence in allied theaters.
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London
Britain
Richard G. Casey
Washington
Middle East
Churchil
House of Commons
Churchill
Australia
David Lloyd George
Casey
Cairo
Dominions
War Cabinet
United Kingdom
Oliver Lyttelton
Lyttelton
United Nations
Nazis Use Terror as War Tactic Across Fronts
The report highlights Allied air strikes sinking invasion ships off northern Australia and MacArthur’s command after a breakthrough. It notes renewed Soviet offensives against German forces and adds two atrocity claims by the Polish government in exile and a claim that Nazis killed 30,000 civilians in Kharkov since October 24.
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Australia
Poland
Kharkov
Sheriff Arrests Trusty Who Escaped in Jan 1929
Sheriff D A McNichols announced fingerprint records identified Harry Williams of Pocatello as George Porter an Utah state prison trusty who escaped May 27 1930 Porter had been living in Idaho as a model citizen for nearly 12 years and will be sent back to Salt Lake City to finish a second degree burglary sentence from January 6 1929, for a $2000 store burglary in Gunnison Utah.
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D. A. McNichols
Harry Williams
Pocatello
George Porter
Utah
Trusty
McNichols
Porter
Idaho
Salt Lake City
Gunnison
Willianm
Pocatello Named Site for Navy Gun Refining Plant
Rep Dworshak said Rear Admiral Blandy approved a twenty million dollar gun refining plant and proving ground at Pocatello Idaho. Construction to start soon as part of the naval ordnance bureau expansion near the west coast. not intended to replace existing facilities.
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Washington
Dworshak
Idaho
W. H. Bilandy
Navy Ordnance Bureau
Pocatello
Naval Ordnance Bureau
Admiral Blandy
West Coast
Henry C. Dworshak
Navy ordnance plant eyed for Pocatello site
The Pocatello Tribune and Idaho State Journal report a proposed naval ordnance and gun refining plant and machine shop. Negotiations have progressed with Navy approval to release details from Washington. Lavern C. Johnson of the Union Pacific led negotiations, with land owned by Paul Roberts spanning 160 acres west of Hurley’s grove near the Bannock county fair grounds.
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Pocatello Tribune
Idaho State Journal
Naval
Navy
Washington
Pocatello
Lavern C. Johnson
Union Pacific
Paul Roberts
Hurley's Grove
Bannock County Fair Grounds
Navy Department
Preliminary arraignment in statutory case at Lava Hot Springs
John C. Quinn was arrested at Lava Hot Springs on a charge involving an eleven year old girl. He was arraigned Thursday afternoon before Justice Chas W. Hyde and requested a preliminary hearing pending further investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Quinn
Lava Hot Springs
Chas W. Hyde
Quinn
Boats Assist MacArthur Leaves Bataan for Australia
A Melbourne dispatch in the New York Herald Tribune reports small motor torpedo boats carried General Douglas MacArthur his wife and child and aides from Bataan to Australia. The voyage began March 11 with night travel along Philippine coasts and two daylight hideouts, three days awaiting planes, and rough seas that provoked a "terrific pounding" on the boats before arrival near Darwin on March 17.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan Peninsula
Australia
Melbourne
New York Herald Tribune
Aiken Raymond
MacArthur
Bataan
Philippine Islands
Raymond
Nature
MacArthurs
Darwin
Allian
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Gulf of Carpentaria
Cape York Peninsula
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Cooktown
Kieta
Cardwell
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Coral Sea
Barrow Creek
Ee Eenn Ae
Moresby
Allied
Tharawaddy
Guatemala Air Corps
Hailey Bank Burns
Bulletins
St. Anthony
Herbert F. Leary
Supreme Command
By DeWitt Mackenzie
Congress
Washington, D. C
Nicholas Ifft
Pocatello, Idaho
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